Glimmer Cape
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Glimmer Cooldown increased from 12s to 14s | 12s | 14s |
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Tracking the evolving meta.| # | Change | Before | After |
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| Crystal Clone AoE increased from 300 to 400 | 300 | 400 |

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| Talents Level 20 Talent Damage increased from +35 to +45 | +35 | +45 |
| Talents Level 25 Talent Starstorm Damage increased from +200 to +250 | +200 | +250 |

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| Base stats / mechanics Strength gain increased from 3.0 to 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
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| Base stats / mechanics Base Damage decreased by 2 | — | — |
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| Talents Level 15 Talent +125 Sand Storm Radius replaced with +25 Sand Storm Move Speed | — | — |
| Burrowstrike Damage decreased from 100/150/220/280 to 80/130/200/260 | 100/150/220/280 | 80/130/200/260 |
| Sand Storm Sandstorm Movement Speed decreased from 100 to 25/50/75/100 | 100 | 25/50/75/100 |
| Epicenter Aghanim's Shard Pulse Interval increased from 2.5s to 3.5s | 2.5s | 3.5s |
| Epicenter Aghanim's Shard Pulse now only slows for 50% of the duration of the regular Epicenter slow | — | — |

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| Magic Missile Stun Duration increased from 1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4s to 1.4/1.5/1.6/1.7s | 1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4s | 1.4/1.5/1.6/1.7s |

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| Talents Level 10 Talent Damage increased from +20 to +25 | +20 | +25 |
| Talents Level 15 Talent Health increased from + 275 to +325 | + 275 | +325 |
| Dragon Slave Burn Duration increased from 2s to 3s | 2s | 3s |

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| Talents Level 10 Talent Guardian Sprint Cooldown Reduction decreased from 3s to 2s | 3s | 2s |
| Bash of the Deep Water Bonus Damage decreased from 10/20/30/40 to 8/16/24/32 | 10/20/30/40 | 8/16/24/32 |

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| Base stats / mechanics Base Damage decreased by 3 | — | — |
| Base stats / mechanics Intelligence gain decreased from 3.3 to 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
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| Talents Level 20 Talent Death Ward Attack Range decreased from +100 to +75 | +100 | +75 |
| Talents Level 25 Talent Death Ward Damage decreased from +60 to +45 | +60 | +45 |
| Death Ward Attack Range decreased from 700 to 600 | 700 | 600 |
| Death Ward Cooldown increased from 60s to 100/80/60s | 60s | 100/80/60s |

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| Base stats / mechanics Base Attack Speed decreased from 100 to 90 | 100 | 90 |
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| Talents Level 15 Talent Tricks of the Trade Agility Increase decreased from +40% to +30% | +40% | +30% |
| Talents Level 20 Talent Backstab Multiplier decreased from +0.4 to +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.3 |
| Talents Level 25 Talent Tricks of the Trade Cooldown Reduction decreased from 4s to 3s | 4s | 3s |
| Smoke Screen Linger Duration decreased from 0.5s to 0s | 0.5s | 0s |

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| Demonic Summoning Demonic Conversion renamed to Demonic Summoning | — | — |
| Demonic Summoning Is now a point targeted ability with 400 cast range | — | — |
| Demonic Summoning Mana Cost decreased from 140/150/160/170 to 75/100/125/150 | 140/150/160/170 | 75/100/125/150 |

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| Base stats / mechanics Base Attack Speed decreased from 100 to 90 | 100 | 90 |
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| Fatal Bonds Imp Movement Speed decreased from 320/335/350/365/380 to 300/315/330/345/360 | 320/335/350/365/380 | 300/315/330/345/360 |

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| Base stats / mechanics Strength gain decreased from 3 to 2.8 | 3 | 2.8 |
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| Reincarnation Aghanim's Scepter Cooldown Reduction decreased from 40s to 30s | 40s | 30s |

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| Base stats / mechanics Base Agility decreased by 2 | — | — |
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| Phantom Strike Lifesteal now has a 40% penalty on creeps | — | — |

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| Moon Glaives Aghanim's Shard Orbit Radius increased from 150 to 175 | 150 | 175 |
| Moon Glaives Aghanim's Shard Collision Radius increased from 90 to 115 | 90 | 115 |
| Eclipse Cooldown decreased from 140/130/120s to 110s | 140/130/120s | 110s |

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| Shadow Wave Heal/Damage increased from 60/85/110/135 to 75/95/115/135 | 60/85/110/135 | 75/95/115/135 |

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| Repel Cooldown decreased from 60/55/50/45s to 60/52/44/36s | 60/55/50/45s | 60/52/44/36s |

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| Base stats / mechanics Strength gain increased from 1.7 to 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
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| Hunter in the Night Aghanim's Shard Mana Cost increased from 0 to 50 | 0 | 50 |
| Hunter in the Night Aghanim's Shard Cooldown increased from 20s to 30s | 20s | 30s |

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| Shuriken Toss Damage increased from 80/120/160/200 to 100/140/180/220 | 80/120/160/200 | 100/140/180/220 |

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| Talents Level 10 Talent Attack Range decreased from +275 to +250 | +275 | +250 |
| Talents Level 20 Talent Macropyre Damage decreased from +30 to +25 | +30 | +25 |
| Macropyre Aghanim's Scepter Ice Wall Movement Slow decreased from 70% to 60% | 70% | 60% |

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| Base stats / mechanics Base Armor increased by 1 | — | — |
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| Chemical Rage Bonus Move Speed increased from 20/40/60 to 30/45/60 | 20/40/60 | 30/45/60 |

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| Base stats / mechanics Base Armor decreased by 1 | — | — |
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| Talents Level 10 Talent Tornado Cooldown Reduction decreased from 6s to 4s | 6s | 4s |
| Talents Level 15 Talent Cold Snap Cooldown Reduction decreased from 8s to 5s | 8s | 5s |
| Wex Cooldown Reduction no longer works on items | — | — |
| Ghost Walk Health Regeneration decreased from 10->80 to 10->45 | 10->80 | 10->45 |
| Ghost Walk Mana Regeneration decreased from 5->40 to 2.5->20 | 5->40 | 2.5->20 |
| Ghost Walk Health and Mana Regeneration are disabled if Invoker took player-controlled damage in the last 3s | — | — |

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| Drunken Brawler Fire Stance Critical Damage decreased from 145/160/175/190% to 120/140/160/180% | 145/160/175/190% | 120/140/160/180% |

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| Base stats / mechanics Base Strength increased from 18 to 20 | 18 | 20 |
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| Earthbind Projectile Speed increased from 900 to 1000 | 900 | 1000 |

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| Nature's Grasp Movement Slow decreased from 25/30/35/40% to 20/25/30/35% | 25/30/35/40% | 20/25/30/35% |
| Leech Seed Damage/Heal per second increased from 20/35/50/65 to 25/40/55/70 | 20/35/50/65 | 25/40/55/70 |

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| Base stats / mechanics Heroes inside the tombstone (with Aghanim's Shard) are now stunned for 3s if it gets destroyed | — | — |
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| Flesh Golem Bonus Movespeed decreased from 30/40/50 to 20/30/40 | 30/40/50 | 20/30/40 |

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| Talents Level 15 Talent +0.4s Telekinesis Lift Duration replaced by +0.4s Telekinesis Lift/Stun Duration | — | — |
| Telekinesis Impact Radius rescaled from 325 to 300/325/350/375 | 325 | 300/325/350/375 |

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| Shockwave Aghanim's Shard Damage Multiplier on return increased from 50% to 75% | 50% | 75% |
| Empower Bonus Damage increased from 12/20/28/36% to 16/24/32/40% | 12/20/28/36% | 16/24/32/40% |
| Empower Cleave Damage increased from 10/20/30/40% to 16/24/32/40% | 10/20/30/40% | 16/24/32/40% |

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| Base stats / mechanics Strength gain increased from 2.5 to 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| Base stats / mechanics Base Mana Regen increased from 0.25 to 0.4 | 0.25 | 0.4 |
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| Mist Coil Self Damage decreased from 50% to 40% | 50% | 40% |
| Mist Coil Damage/Heal increased from 90/160/230/300 to 100/175/250/325 | 90/160/230/300 | 100/175/250/325 |
| Mist Coil Cast Range increased from 575 to 600 | 575 | 600 |

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| Blast Off! Stun Duration increased from 0.8/0.95/1.1/1.25s to 0.8/1.0/1.2/1.4s | 0.8/0.95/1.1/1.25s | 0.8/1.0/1.2/1.4s |

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| Rolling Boulder Delay increased from 0.5s to 0.6s | 0.5s | 0.6s |

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| Talents Level 15 Talent Arctic Burn Debuff Duration increased from +2s to +3s | +2s | +3s |
| Talents Level 20 Talent Arctic Burn Slow increased from +12% to +17% | +12% | +17% |
| Splinter Blast Mana Cost decreased from 105/120/135/150 to 105/115/125/135 | 105/120/135/150 | 105/115/125/135 |
| Splinter Blast Cooldown decreased from 7s to 6s | 7s | 6s |

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| Base stats / mechanics Base Armor increased by 1 | — | — |
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| Magnetic Field Cooldown decreased from 20s to 20/19/18/17s | 20s | 20/19/18/17s |

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| Primal Spring Cooldown decreased from 20/18/16/14s to 18/16/14/12s | 20/18/16/14s | 18/16/14/12s |
| Mischief No longer limits movement speed to 200 | — | — |
| Mischief Now grants 10% bonus movement speed | — | — |

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| Base stats / mechanics Strength gain increased from 2.5 to 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
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| Shield Crash Mana Cost decreased from 70/80/90/100 to 60/70/80/90 | 70/80/90/100 | 60/70/80/90 |

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| Talents Level 10 Talent Firesnap Cookie Health Restore increased from 125 to 175 | 125 | 175 |

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| Arena Of Blood Spear Damage increased from 75/150/225 to 80/160/240 | 75/150/225 | 80/160/240 |

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| Unleash Strikes per Fury increased from 3/4/5 to 4/5/6 | 3/4/5 | 4/5/6 |
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This collection contains official balance changes. It has no patch-aligned match sample, so pick rates, win rates and performance trends are not established.
Explore match evidence →These notes describe patch 7.34b. Later patches may change or remove these mechanics. Historical Facet and Innate sections are preserved as written, rather than presented as current hero rules.
Balance changes alone do not prove a win-rate effect. Compare a stated sample, role and time window before drawing a performance conclusion.
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